KP and his Porsche ! Do Pak Players earn that much back home ?

Read below and see how the lives of the professional cricketers have changed for the better - I suppose SRT and Shoiab being exceptions, but do our cricketers earn anything close to what England players earn ? ( in Pakistani terms, earning power etc )

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/columni...1851849,00.html




Funny stuff though.

good article, Sponsership is the biggest money spinner for most crickets, a good county player can pull in about 10-30K a year just from sponsers alone.

Just for those who are not aware, this is a Citroën 2CV as driven by Derik Pringle




I think Pak players must earn their main butter from advertising.. "mere pepsi kidar hai?

Indian cricketers earn much more than even the Australians and the English. In modern day cricket, match fee is just a bonus. The real earnings (atleast for the Indians) come from sponsor deals and advertisement stuff. Of course SRT is the richest cricketer in the world but even the likes of Sehwag, Dravid, Yuvraj etc. get a pretty handsome packet.
In past years, county cricketers used to be richer than their non-county counterparts but now the ads have changed everything, especially for Indians.
Pakistanis dont have that many commercial opportunities as compared to some of the others but if you compare with Sri Lanka etc. Pakistani cricketers are pretty rich too. For example Muthiah Muralithran earns pretty little as compared to what Pakistanis do. And if you consider the overall economy of Pakistan, the cricketers are pretty well off.

I think, it is MUCH more than 10-30K Pounds. I found these two articlea from July/September 1999...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlCont...8/schend18.html

SHANE WARNE, the great Australian wrist spinner, will play county cricket next year (2000) for Hampshire. Warne, the man of the match in the World Cup final when Australia beat Pakistan at Lord's in June, can expect to receive £150,000 for his summer's work, a sum paid jointly by the club and by sponsors.


http://www.expressindia.com/ie/dail...6/isp16057.html
Notts rope in Shoaib for record amount
AGENCIES
ISLAMABAD, JULY 15: Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar became the highest-ever paid Pakistani in county history by signing a one-year record deal for around US $300,000 (approx Rs 1.29 crore) with English county Nottinghamshire.

Confirming his contract with the Nottinghamshire, Akhtar told a Pakistani daily over phone from London that he was approached by as many as 11 counties with Lancashire and Nottinghamsire being the frontrunners.

The 23-year-old Akhtar, who had stayed back in England after the World Cup, said his contract with Nottinghamshire would not affect his commitments with the Pakistan team. He apparently has been given the go ahead by Pakistan Cricket Board.

true, some indian cricketers have a real sweet deal going. yuvraj has a deal with a sports clothing line, dhoni has a deal with reliance inc. and kaif has a similar deal with a snack giant.

i m just curious, what is the situation with pakistani players and advertising? do they feature in a lot of them like their indian counterparts? or is it something that is beginning to increase now?

Pakistani players are not much in advetising/commercials. only handful players have been in commercials.
Most of them are in Education (Waqar recently), for awareness of Polio (Inzi), anti smoking. And couple of Pepsi ads for some players.

Mohammed Yousuf has just ordered a new Mercedes from a dealer in the UK which he is getting exported to Pakistan.
Total cost including duty is roughly £130.000 UK pounds.

Must be on good Money, to afford that.
He already has a £40,000 Mercedes in Lahore.

Billyoem - do you have any source of this news ? Just want to make sure that we dont spread rumors from PP !

i swear Razzaq has a Ferrari?

Only in that stupid telephone ad!!!

£130,000 + for a merc, are you serious, is it gold plated?...

I could understand if it was £40- £50 K, plus Duty on prestige cars has been slashed for Import into Pak.

Moyo does not look like the type to cart around in a Maybach..

THIS IS A PURE RUMOUR...

When you add everything together Pakistani players get a fair amount of dosh as well.....contracted montly salary, match fees, sponsorship (each Pakistani player gets $20,000 every year just for wearing the Pepsi logo), endorsements, county salaries.

They have no right to complain about not being paid enough.

Duty is normally 100% so £60-70k for a new S class is not unreasonable.
Still though a little excessive to spend on a car...............but that is a personal choice.
Nissan Micra anyone?

Las time I checked Inzi been paid RS200,000 for ONE ODI match

Pakistani players get paid enough for Pakistan standards. If you compare that to the last generation before them or other athletes in Pakistan then its quite substantial.
Moyo drives a Mercedes Compressor that car is hardly 30 G's here I dunno why would it cost him £40,000. Even I can can afford that ride at 30 G's.

Yousuf Already has a Mercedes which was attacked by some spoilt Kids

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2005/jun/10mob.htm

And regarding Pay and other things, Pakistani Cricketer are very well paid off.

why would anyone want to attack Moyo is beyond me..... thats smile, those white teeth...

not sure..but it happened,,,when lot of anti-christian/ anti-shia hatecrimes were taking place.

Shame that in these modern times, there is so much anger and hatred.

M Yousaf seems like a nice chap.

English players who have a central contract get £250,000 ($476,000 USD) a year then to add on that there is and sponserhips etc. It's an insane amount if you ask me for a years work.

The senior England players & Fletcher have all been given VW Touregs as well.

Compared to other sports, I feel they don't get paid enough. If you take into consideration how much the respective boards get paid, the players get a pittance.

Cricket is a major World sport....not many of them about. So cricketers should get paid what they're owed.

I think that is now being rectified.
The average England cricker earns around £400k pa. Not bad but not brilliant compared to footballers of course but then the crowds / TV money isn't the same either.
Flintoff is buying a £2m London pad so he's not short of a few bob. Not bad for a fat lad from Preston eh?

Merc has been ordered from a Showroom in Wolverhampton (west midlands)
For £65,000
Add to that duty, which is around 90-100%
= £130,000

This is from a source that actually works in the Showroom on Penn road, Wolverhampton.
His 1st Mercedes was also ordered and shipped from here.
This was vandalised by Christians in Lahore who were not happy at his conversion to Islam.

I think you'll find this is not a rumour.
The only thing I can't produce for you is a Receipt.

at Billyoem !

Sounds like an S class alright.

dunno..leaves a bad taste in the mouth to think someone who observes such godly devotion with his beard and prostrations etc would delight in such earthly extravagances..but then im not "into" cars that much so probably dont see the attraction.

Moyo deserves every thing in life - think of poverty and times it by a thousand.

Pakistan players earn enough.

There are the actual match fees, sponsorships etc...

Not that I am judging....but also maybe why you may think that he would have found a better home for £130k than a depreciating asset.

well he is living in the richest part of Lahore (Defense). when you got money to burn i suppose an S class would do just fine

The "Kit" one ???

Powered by Spinach.

Come to Birmingham, Glassgow or Manchester and see what the 'Long Wide Bearded brigade' are driving, it might open your eyes.

He is not alone.

ppl like Dravid,Tendulkar and other senior players just get 4to5 crore from their contract with BCCI. let alone the sponsors.

remeber that crappy advert

"wen im not playing The cricket, i am in the car Driving seat of my Ferrari calling the home"

thats wat i remember!

Kit in knight rider? ..that was a trans am not a ferrrari i believe

Well none of the cricketers, whether English or Pakistani get anything even near to competing with the footballers. The new kid Thio Wallcott, who was included in the world cup squad but didn't even get a single game because he wasn't ready apparently, was paid a massive £5m for his first year! And that too with the fact that he didn't even have to play! Free triple VIP (in the dressing room!) tickets to Germany WC and back with £5m bonus! Way way over even the Flintoffs and KPs. If he's get that much, you can only imagine what the bigger stars are getting. It’s good that the crickets are getting paid higher these days BUT compare the pay of the England cricket superstar (Flintoff) with the football superstar (Beckham) and there is a massive difference and so cricket has a long, long time to reach the stage which football currently sits.

Not Surprized, he already drives a Merc, S-Class if im not mistaken .

Not intending to sound moralistic or self-righteous but doesn't that go against some basics of Islam.

That aspect aside, good on him

Actually there's much more since there are match and tour fees as well (the bread and butter before contracts).

But it's simple demand and supply and not really an insane amout when compared to other sportsmen or people with unique skills.

But even they have to drive in style

Mercedes SLR-Mclaren could run upto almost twice that amount. But ofcourse I doubt he got that one

I dunno about that yaar. He is not trying to be the next caliph all is he is a good sportsman who happens to be a recent convert to Islam. If he wishes to drive around in a S class whats wrong with that homes.

I don't really think there is any embargo on spending freely. You've to adapt according to your environment. If a person is purchasing a Mercedes, it means he's got bucks 10 times more in his kitty. And better he's spending it. At least it keeps the Factories running. Otherwise you can't expect them to donate all that dough. And ISLAM is truly against accumulation of wealth.
Don't wanna start this debate over here though